General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Tandem centre

Telecommunications; General telecom

In a switched public telecommunications network, a facility that connects trunks to trunks and does not connect any local loops.

Queuing delay

Telecommunications; General telecom

In a switched network, the time between the completion of signalling by the call originator and the arrival of a ringing signal at the call receiver. Note: Queues may be caused by delays at the ...

In a switched network, switching in which the routes between given pairs of nodes are pre-programmed, i.e., are determined, in advance of transmission. Note: The routes used to complete a given call ...

Network control programme (NCP)

Telecommunications; General telecom

In a switch or network node, software designed to store and forward frames between nodes. Note: An NCP may be used in local area networks or larger networks.

Light

Telecommunications; General telecom

In a strict sense, the region of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be perceived by human vision, i.e., the visible spectrum, which is approximately the wavelength range of 0. 4 m to 0. 7 m. Note ...

Station clock

Telecommunications; General telecom

In a station, the principal clock, or alternate clock, that provides the timing reference at the station.

Screen

Telecommunications; General telecom

In a telecommunications, computing, or data processing system, to examine entities that are being processed to determine their suitability for further processing. 2. A nonferrous metallic mesh used ...